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							<title><![CDATA[On Foreign Policy, Biden Meeting Cold Reality of Office]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/18/world/biden-foreign-policy-reality-intl/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 18 Apr 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Nic Robertson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[After weeks of working out what he'd been left by his predecessor, US President Joe Biden has finally put his foreign policy into overdrive. Simultaneously striking in several capitals, his plans are in play and can't be taken back.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How Biden Fared in His (Virtual) Global Debut as President]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/21/europe/joe-biden-virtual-global-debut-intl/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 21 Feb 2021 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Nic Robertson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Without setting foot outside the White House, US President Joe Biden arrived on the world stage Friday, not once but twice.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump's Germany Troops Pullout Is a Gift to Putin]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/02/politics/trump-germany-troops-russia-intl/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 02 Aug 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Nic Robertson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Since he came to office, US President Donald Trump has obsessively picked at the ties that bind America to its allies.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Just Like He Does at Home, Trump Tramples &amp; Divides World]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2019/05/11/opinions/trump-tramples-world-intl/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Nic Robertson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Even before he was elected everyone knew Donald Trump was a bully, what they didn't know was how his bullying would affect them, nor what it would reveal about who he fears.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The World Looks Longingly at a Post-Trump Era]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/18/opinions/would-the-world-vote-for-trump-opinion-intl/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2019 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Nic Robertson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[If Europe's leaders, diplomats and security professionals had a vote in the 2020 US presidential elections, it doesn't seem likely they'd give it to President Trump. At least, that's how it seemed at the 2019 Munich Security Conference.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[America's Enemies Are Still Rooting for Donald Trump]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/31/opinions/americas-enemies-rooting-for-trump/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2019 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Nic Robertson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[When the United States' intelligence services speak, the world listens. Some out of fear, others welcoming the insight.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Growing Rifts and Instability: Welcome to 2019]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2018/12/25/opinions/nic-robertson-2019-opinion-intl/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 28 Dec 2018 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Nic Robertson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[2019 will be the year of growing rifts. Populists will claim they have the answers; traditionalists will say nothing is wrong they can't fix.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Donald Trump's DC Is a Dangerous Global Distraction]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/02/opinions/trumps-dc-distracting-the-world-opinion-intl/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 03 Oct 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Nic Robertson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Thousands of miles from Washington, the ugly spectacle of America's body politic writhing in its own divisions is having unexpected consequences.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Only a Fool Takes Vladimir Putin at His Word in Syria]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2018/09/18/opinions/idlib-deal-syria-russia-robertson-opinion-intl/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 18 Sep 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Nic Robertson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Trusting Russia to keep its word in Syria is rather like believing in good faith that its intelligence agents only visited the UK to see Salisbury Cathedral.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump and Putin Are Pulling the West Apart]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2018/07/17/opinions/trump-putin-summit-pulling-west-apart-opinion-intl/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jul 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Nic Robertson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Donald Trump came to Helsinki to clear his name of collusion. Instead he soiled it and with it, dragged the world further down a path toward previously unthinkable instability.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Mohammed bin Salman Is on a Make or Break Mission]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/21/opinions/mohammed-bin-salman-first-year-intl/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 23 Jun 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Nic Robertson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Much remains unknown about the Crown Prince, who has staked his leadership and potentially his country's stability on bringing power to his family. Failure could be dangerous for us all.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump's Worldview Is Good for His Enemies, Bad for His Allies]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/16/opinions/trump-foreign-policy-plays-into-the-hands-of-us-enemies-robertson-intl/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Nic Robertson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Since the US exited the Iran nuclear deal last week, both allies and enemies of President Trump have suffered whiplash from his failure to fully engage in the complexities of the world.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How Trump's Iran Drama Could Upend European Unity]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/08/opinions/trump-iran-drama-european-unity-robertson-opinion-intl/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Nic Robertson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[With the minutes ticking down until the world learns whether President Trump will pull out of the Iran nuclear deal, it's worth asking the question: why did Trump decide to bring his announcement forward so dramatically?]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The West Urgently Needs a Plan to Stand Up to Autocrats]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/16/opinions/coming-battle-democracies-autocracies-nic-opinion-intl/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Nic Robertson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[(CNN)With elections knocking at the door, Russia's President Vladimir Putin --'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' whose victory on Sunday is in no doubt'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' -- may be wondering just how many people will turn out to rubber-stamp his autocracy.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Has to Live w/Consequences of Jerusalem Decision]]></title>
							<link>http://www.cnn.com/2017/12/09/opinions/trump-israel-opinion-robertson/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 11 Dec 2017 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Nic Robertson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Whatever happens now, President Trump cannot stand apart from his decision that the United States recognizes Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. Does his decision imrpove chances for peace between Israel and the Palestinians?]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Will Fit in Well With the Middle East Strongmen]]></title>
							<link>http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/19/opinions/trump-middle-east-trip-robertson-opinion/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 19 May 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Nic Robertson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[For a president who likes to be liked, Donald Trump's Saudi Arabia visit is going blow smoke in all the right places.]]></description>
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